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fernando · 9th September 2016, 05:43 PM

You may also call it a coupe marc, as discussed HERE
Styles vary among the different regions (of France).
The short handle allows you to introduce it inside inside the whine press, to chop the bagasse, with short moves, holding it with one hand,; reason why its head is so heavy.

PS
It's Axe.

broadaxe · 9th September 2016, 06:06 PM

Not a Coup-Marc but a hewing axe for squaring logs into beams. The blade is one sided and canted, and the short handle is correct, it was meant to be used single-handed.
There is a very similar weapon in the same style (usually from Styiria), but the blade is centered and sharpened from both sides, mounted on a 1.5m haft.

fernando · 10th September 2016, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broadaxe

Not a Coup-Marc but a hewing axe for squaring logs into beams...

So it is

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Multumesc · 11th September 2016, 11:10 AM

Thank you for the answers.

11th September 2016, 11:10 AM	#4
Multumesc Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Romania Posts: 204	Old ax Thank you for the answers.

9th September 2016, 05:43 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	You may also call it a coupe marc, as discussed HERE Styles vary among the different regions (of France). The short handle allows you to introduce it inside inside the whine press, to chop the bagasse, with short moves, holding it with one hand,; reason why its head is so heavy. PS It's Axe.

9th September 2016, 06:06 PM	#2
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Not a Coup-Marc but a hewing axe for squaring logs into beams. The blade is one sided and canted, and the short handle is correct, it was meant to be used single-handed. There is a very similar weapon in the same style (usually from Styiria), but the blade is centered and sharpened from both sides, mounted on a 1.5m haft.